Ching hat trick wins it for Houston 4-3 over Fire

Aug 22, 2010 - 2:55 AM
HOUSTON (AP) -- Brian Ching scored the last of his three goals in
the 85th minute to help the Houston Dynamo win for the first
time in 11 games with a 4-3 win over the Chicago Fire on
Saturday night.

After Wilman Conde's equalizer for Chicago in the 81st minute,
the Hawaiian-born forward secured the win for Houston when he
headed a corner kick by Richard Mulrooney just inside the right
post four minutes later.

Lovel Palmer scored his second goal of the season and Mulrooney
was involved in all four goals for the Dynamo, whose last win
was 2-0 over D.C. United on May 22.

Ching recorded his first hat trick since the franchise's first
game in April 2006 and now has six MLS goals in 2010.

Ching used a left-footed shot to give the Dynamo a 1-0 lead in
the 31st minute after Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson dropped a
corner kick by Mulrooney. That gave the Dynamo its first lead
since July 1 at Toronto.

Palmer extended Houston's lead to 2-0 in the 50th minute, when
the Dynamo scored on yet another set piece. But the Fire made it
2-1 when Calen Carr powered a shot by Pat Onstad in the 55th
minute.

Ching scored a pretty bicycle-kick goal four minutes later to
give Houston a 3-1 lead. Bobby Boswell hit the crossbar, but the
rebound ended up just outside the goalkeeper box. With his back
toward the net, Ching jumped and scored his second goal of the
night in the 59th minute.

The Fire got within a goal in the 59th minute when Boswell
rolled an own goal by Onstad to make it 3-2.